Henry Holland of London, Barrel Organ Builder
By Vincent Morgan
In the link below on the history of Trinity Church and its organs,
we read:
"The first services in the original Trinity Church took place on
March 13, 1698. There was no organ until the building was enlarged
in 1737, after which John Klemm of Philadelphia built a three-manual
instrument of 26 stops for the gallery in 1740. A stoplist for the
Klemm organ has not been located. This instrument was replaced in
1764 or 1765 by a 25-stop organ built by John Snetzler of London;
both the organ and church were destroyed by fire in 1776. A second
church was built in 1787 and contained a three-manual organ of 19
stops by Henry Holland of London. By 1839, the building showed signs
of structural weakness and was razed. The Holland organ was moved to
the German Reformed Church on Norfolk Street in New York City."
Unfortunately, I cannot find anything about the German Reformed Church
on Norfolk Street. I believe that both the organ and the church
building were destroyed over time, but that is merely an assumption.
More can be found at http://www.nycago.org/Organs/NYC/html/TrinityWS.html
Vincent Morgan, New York City
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